Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!
What you’ll find ⤵️
For something new: Check out some great live jazz on Sunday at the Rose Lehrman Center
Worth noting: Harrisburg Book Festival is underway at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Things on my agenda this weekend: Solo date Friday, plant care, youth baseball, jazz!
For your weekend planning
- CPFJ Fall Concert Series: Jonny King Quartet
- Celebrate 50 Years of Stephen King at Harrisburg Book Festival!
- See what else you missed on the blog
Below are more options for your weekend.
A Look Ahead
- Join me on Tuesday for Walk to End Alzheimer’s 2024 Harrisburg Walk Kickoff Celebrity Bartending Night! at Grateful Goat
- October’s 3rd in the Burg features a Spooky SoMa Pop-Up!
- Harvest Hop in downtown Camp Hill | Oct. 18
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Thursday
- 2024 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Tommy B at The Sturges Speakeasy
- Throwback Thursday (80s/90s Cult Classics) at the West Shore Theatre
- Party on the Patio: Food Trucks, Live Music & Games! at Central Penn College
- Dane Cook: Fresh New Flavor at Hershey Theatre
- Mushroomhead at Mickey’s Black Box
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Adams-Ricci Farmers Market
- New Cumberland Food Truck & Restaurant Rally
Friday
- 2024 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- 50 Years of King: With Richard Chizmar, CJ Leede, Catriona Ward, and Chuck Wendig at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Giant Community Blood Drive
- Pennsylvania National Horse Show at Farm Show Complex
- The African Children’s Choir at Messiah University
- HYP Sip and Paint at Susquehanna Art Museum
- Pocket Vinyl at JB Lovedraft’s MicroPub
- Monster Mash: Nostalgia Weekend at JB Lovedraft’s MicroPub
- The Rise of the Decades – George Lynch/Lynch Mob/Ted Poley/Gavin Evick at Mickey’s Black Box
- WXPN Welcomes Trampled By Turtles at XL Live
- An Evening with Lee Asher at American Music Theatre
- Hershey Bears vs. Cleveland Monsters
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Latin Fuzion Fridayz at Level 2
Saturday
- The River .5K – The Race For The Rest Of Us
- SENSTOBERFEST
- The Vineyard at Hershey Haunted Wine Run 5K
- Choctoberfest 2024
- Success with Honor: Penn State vs USC Watch Party and Silent Auction
- DaisyAge 1st Anniversary Bash
- Pennsylvania National Horse Show at Farm Show Complex
- Public Tours of the Dickinson College Farm
- “OUT IN THE BURG” Bike Ride! with LGBT Center of Central PA
- Monte Carlo Night! at Greystone Brew House
- An Evening with Chris Wilson – Singer Songwriter Vocalist
- 2024 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Meet & Greet with Amanda Foody: The Wilderlore Series at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Children’s Day! at Harrisburg Book Festival
- Story Time with Hanna Cha: Tiny Feet Between the Mountains at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Meet & Greet with John Vercher: Devil is Fine at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Meet & Greet with Kay Chronister: The Bog Wife at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Meet & Greet with Becky Chalsen: Serendipity at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Eden Undone: An Afternoon with Abbott Kahler at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- An Evening with Edwidge Danticat: We’re Alone at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- James McBrides’ Heaven & Earth Gospel Tour at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Dragula: Watch Party with Misfit, Skarlet & Tiffany at The Brownstone Lounge
- Monster Mash: Nostalgia Weekend at JB Lovedraft’s MicroPub
- National Apple Harvest Festival
- 25th Annual Pennsboro Pumpkin Fest
- Lititz Chocolate Walk
- Badfish- A Tribute to Sublime wsg Land of Panda at XL Live
- Nikki Glaser: Alive and Unwell Tour at Hershey Theatre
- Three Dog Night at American Music Theatre
- Ride the Cyclone – the musical at Open Stage
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market on 4th
- Ciroc Saturdays at Level 2
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walk-a-Bout!
- Brewery Tours: York City Walking Tour
- Brewery Tours: Cruise York County
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walking Tour
Sunday
- CPFJ Fall Concert Series: Jonny King Quartet
- 2024 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Barks, Books, and BBQ at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- The Work of Art: A Keynote Conversation with Adam Moss and Vinson Cunningham at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Pennsylvania National Horse Show at Farm Show Complex
- Carlisle Cheese Mixer at Central Wedge Cheese Shop
- Mutts Gone Nuts at Whitaker Center
- $5 Sunday Scaries at the West Shore Theatre
- Hershey Bears vs. Cleveland Monsters
- 25th Annual Pennsboro Pumpkin Fest
- National Apple Harvest Festival
- Monster Mash: Nostalgia Weekend at JB Lovedraft’s MicroPub
- Fozzy at Mickey’s Black Box
- Nikki Glaser: Alive and Unwell Tour at Hershey Theatre
- Ride the Cyclone – the musical at Open Stage
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
